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First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan pictured greeting officials of the Nigerian Embassy in Poland as she arrived the Gdansk Walesa International Airport in Sopoto, Northern Poland to commission a training ship built for the Nigerian Oceanographic Institute for Marine and …

In defense of her late husband, Mrs Decontee Sawyerr, widow of Late Patrick Sawyerr, the Liberian man who came into Nigeria with the deadly Ebola virus, has said her sick husband risked all to come to Nigeria because he believed …

A newly wedded Lagos nurse has been tested positive to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) 22 days after the first case of the virus was recorded. She was among the people that had direct contact to the importer of the virus into Nigeria, the late …

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has directed the immediate reversal of the school fees of Lagos State University, LASU, which was increased by the government to what it was as far back as 2011. Governor Fashola gave the directive today …

A Chinese couple have gone to extreme lengths in a bid to force their adult son to get a job – they have taken him to court. Xu Qing, 29, has refused to work ever since leaving university, claiming that …

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American talk show host, Oprah Winfrey joined US President, Barack Obama and others at the Lincoln Memorial to mark 50 years of Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I have a Dream’ speech. The invitation shows Oprah’s relevance to black history in the …

For attacking its citizens with chemical weapons on August 21, president Barack Obama wants the US to take military action against Syria and is now seeking congressional authorization to intervene. The Syrian government carried out chemical weapons attack in Damascus …

Fast food workers around the country are striking over the federal minimum wage—and it’s easy to understand why. The federal minimum wage is a paltry $7.25 an hour, and the most recent increase to this pay rate happened way back in 2009. Meanwhile, …

The Presidency on Thursday defended the prevention of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State from exchanging pleasantries with President Goodluck Jonathan by a security operative during dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. It said the incident was purely …

The United States on Tuesday, hinted on the reasons why President Barack Obama won’t visit Nigeria during his upcoming three-nation trip to Africa. According to US officials, the ongoing insecurity appeared to be responsible for the exclusion of Nigeria in …

In furtherance of the onslaught aimed at crushing the Boko Haram sect in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, the United States Government has positioned drones stationed in Niamey, Niger Republic. The Predator drones which also monitor neighbouring Chad and Cameroon …

Barack Obama supporters celebrate as he America’s first black president was re-elected yesterday, where he secured 303 votes, 33 more than the required 270, Mitt Romney secured 206 votes. Obama promised to return to the White House; “more determined, and more inspired than ever …

Beyonce’s ears could win him the election after she was spotted last weekend rocking a Barack Obama pair of earrings. The earrings currently sell for $32 a pair and Puerto Rican jewelry designer Erica Pena only sold 5 of the …

Newsweek magazine’s latest cover proclaims Barack Obama the ‘first gay president‘. The accompanying article was written by openly gay news magazine’s writer, Andrew Sullivan. When you step back a little and assess the record of Obama on gay rights, you …